Fairy Village Fitzroy Gardens

Visit the fairy tree tudor village cooks cottage and more.

Fairy village fitzroy gardens.

Already city noises start to fade into the distance. Fitzroy gardens was named after sir charles augustus fitzroy 1796 1858 governor of new south wales 1846 1851 and governor general of the australian colonies 1851 1855. One of the greatest attractions for children is situated in the fitzroy gardens ola cohn s fairies tree comprising a series of lovely carvings on the stump of one of the original red gum trees in the fitzroy gardens well over 300 years in age. The fitzroy gardens is a garden within melbourne located in east melbourne.

Fitzroy gardens are nice to visit but no better than any other park around the city and certainly not worth a special trip to see the model village and fairy tree. The path to fitzroy gardens. The gardens have a long history of over 150 years few other capital cities can boast such a significant garden so close to the city s centre. The fitzroy gardens are 26 hectares 64 acres located on the southeastern edge of the melbourne central business district in east melbourne victoria australia the gardens are bounded by clarendon street albert street lansdowne street and wellington parade with the treasury gardens across lansdowne street to the west.

The gardens themselves are nice but i think we would have been better off heading over to the botanic gardens. There are lots of seats along. While the main attraction is cook s cottage an 18th century cottage from england there are lots of beautiful fountains and statues as well as a greenhouse a miniature village and the fairies tree.